This Thursday 29 July marks the day when humanity has used as much of the Earth's biological resources as it can regenerate in a year, a day also known as ‘Earth Overshoot Day’, according to the American NGO Global Footprint Network
This means that from Thursday onwards, the world will be living “on credit” until the end of the year – in other words, for just over five months.
In respect of this year, it would take the equivalent of 1.7 planets to sustainably support the...